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overclaimed

overclaimed is the simple past and past participle of overclaim.

Meaning of overclaim

Verb

overclaim (third-person singular simple present overclaims, present participle overclaiming, simple past and past participle overclaimed)

  1. (transitive) To claim too much.
    • Smith says: "Performance has not been perfect, and I've been around long enough to not take things for granted or to overclaim. But we're up to 96%-97% PPM [Public Performance Measure] and a very high proportion of that is absolutely 100% on time.2023 February 8, Paul Stephen with Howard Smith, “Elizabeth Line: "It's not job done yet"”, in RAIL, number 976, page 35

Adjective

overclaimed (comparative more overclaimed, superlative most overclaimed)

  1. claimed to an excessive degree

Forms of overclaimed

comparativemore overclaimed
superlativemost overclaimed

Questions about overclaimed

What does overclaimed mean?
Overclaimed means claimed to an excessive degree.
What is overclaimed the simple past and past participle of?
Overclaimed is the simple past and past participle of overclaim.
What part of speech is overclaimed?
Overclaimed is an adjective.

Words near overclaimed in the dictionary

  1. overclad
  2. overcladded
  3. overcladding
  4. overclads
  5. overclaim
  6. overclaimed
  7. overclaiming
  8. overclaims
  9. overclasp
  10. overclasped
  11. overclasping

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Adapted from Wiktionary: overclaimed (page history and authors); overclaim (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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